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Stephen Mangan’s comedy Hang Ups (Channel 4) continued at an unrelenting pace but remains very, very funny. Filmed hand-held with a split-screen and a heavy dose of improvisation from its raft of comedy stars, it has an almost sketch-like feel.

The bones of the show come from Lisa Kudrow’s American hit Web Therapy which starred the Friends actress as an immoral online therapist. This British version, co-written by Mangan, stars the Episodes actor as a broken, desperate psychotherapist, counselling from home via Skype. Flipping from one conversation to the next and dealing with one crisis after another, Richard is perpetually distracted by his teenage children, his flighty wife, feckless...

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